Monday 16 May 2016, 13.00 – 17.00
£15 (£12.50 Concession)
Pinhole photography is one of the oldest and most direct methods of capturing an image from nature.
A pinhole camera, also known as camera obscura, or “dark chamber”, is a simple optical imaging device in the form of a lightproof box or chamber. In one of its sides is a small hole; an aperture, which is usually fashioned with a fine sewing needle in a square of thin alluminium or foil.
When unobstructed, the pinhole allows light to enter and project an inverted image of the outside space onto light sensitive material installed inside the box (camera). The controlled exposure of the photographic paper creates a ‘latent image’ of the subject, which can later be developed by inspection in darkroom conditions (under a red safelight) to reveal the captured scene in negative.
Due to its versatility, enthusiasts of the medium have created pinhole cameras from cans, teapots and even pumpkins!
One of the forms most intrepid explorers, Liverpool based Sean Halligan, will talk through pinhole photography before teaching you how to capture your own pinhole photographs.
Pinhole cameras loaded with light sensitive paper will be provided. You will also have the opportunity to develop your own paper negatives in our traditional black and white darkroom and create ‘contact prints’ to produce a positive image.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
1pm – 1:15pm
Welcome and introduction
1.15pm – 2:15pm
Image Making
2.15pm – 3:15pm
Developing exposures
3:15pm – 3:30pm
Short break
3:30pm – 3:45pm
Drying Paper Negatives
3:45pm – 4:45pm
Contact Printing Negatives
4:45pm – 5pm
Review and Feedback
TICKETS
£15 full price
£12.50 concession
Places are limited to 8 participants.
Booking is essential, please call +44 (0)151 236 6768 or email info@openeye.org.uk to secure your place.